The Wizards of Technology

It seems that the larger the MMORPG, the worse the community as a whole seems to be. Take WOW for instance, the trade channel is rarely used for trade and if you ask a genuine question in general chat you are more likely to get called a "noob" or given a sarcastic answer than to find someone willing to help. If you join a PUG (pick up group) the odds are good that as soon as pwaner37 is done with his quest checklist, he'll drop the group like a hot potato leaving the rest of the group in a bad spot.

WOW has an average of 10 million subscribers, probably 5 million of them domestically. Vanguard on the other hand might be lucky to have around 200,000 subscribers worldwide.

How is the vanguard community? Helpful, considerate, and kind. ask a question in general chat and you will have multiple people offer advise. Walk up to some random person and say hello and instead of ignoring you they might actually have a conversation with you, usually in character.

I don't know if it's the size of community that matters or the type of game the community plays, but in my experience with other mmorpgs the smaller the community the more friendly they are while the larger the community the more crude they are.